This illustrated overview follows those concerned with BELLY and ABDOMEN. Presented below are ideas about the lower end  of the abdomen called PUBIS which points to PUBERTY and PUDOR

Puberal and blushing pudor with and without a blouse.

The PUBIS or PUBIC region represents the distal endpoint of the abdominal midline. The MONS VENERIS or MONS PUBIS is a mount like elevation over the pubic cartilage that joins the PUBIC RAMI (limbs) of the iliac or hip bones of each side. During pregnancy, one effect of elevated estrogens is to soften the pubic ligatures to ease delivery.

A prominent feminine Mons Veneris.

Away from the midline, the distal or lower abdominal wall or HYPOGASTRIUM ends in the GROINS also referred to as CRURAL or INGUINAL or BUBO regions. These terms convey ideas about a GROUND or CROSSING between the abdomen and thigh. The axilla and GROIN have many lymphatic glands which when infected, can swell like bubos. Such swellings or "BUBO" are to be taken seriously as illustrated by instances of the BUBONIC plague which persists in many areas of the world.

Bubonic Plague causes bubos in the axilla and groin or bubo areas.

PUBARCHE is the age of the onset of PUBERTY and PUDOR which coincide with the appearance of PUBIC hair. PUBERTAS, in Latin, describes the profound developments that transform a child into an adult, a process of rapid physical, emotional and mental growth referred to as ADOLESCENCE and the appearance of BOOBY behavior.

PUBARCHE or ADOLESCENCE, starts at about the age of 10 and lasts for about 9 years, a period when sexual physical and psychological traits emerge. Males become larger, more muscular and hirsute. Women develop breasts, larger PELVIC cavities, broader hips and thighs. Pubarche may be precocious or delayed and in either case, such may signal serious maldevelopment.

Limbs lengthen during adolescence  - boys become aggressive and muscular - girls develop softer body outlines and are more prone to show greater pudor.

Until adolescence, children lack secondary sexual traits. When a child with "ambiguous genitalia" EMERGES, an EMERGENCY arises. To meet social expectations, it is wise to declare that the labor and delivery are "delayed" to gain time to help the family to deal with such a shocking event. Another strategy is to choose a name for a child that is gender neutral (for example 'Jerry').

Hermaphrodites - Often an extra X chromosomes can diminish the development of masculine and enhance the development of feminine traits.

Abnormal sexual development raises complex questions which cannot be addressed here. However, note that "sexual infantilism" and pseudo-hermaphroditism are relatively common. The prefix "pseudo" underscores that only HERMES and APHRODITE could engender a perfect dual male-female or HERMAPHRODITE. Some humans who suffer from "pseudo" hermaphroditism have gonads with ovary and testicle like tissues and sexual characters of both genders. Anomalies of sex chromosomes (X and Y) are relatively common and result in syndromes such as Klinefelter and Turner. It is incumbent upon neonatologists and pediatricians to treat the birth of a child with abnormal genetalia as an emergency.

Male with feminine buttocks and breasts or gynecomastia  - perhaps an instance of  Klinefelter syndrome.

As underscored by ADOLECER, a Spanish word for "to be sore" or ill, ADOLESCENCE  is a difficult period. Most YOUTH or JUVENILES struggle as childhood innocence is replaced by sensations of  PUDOR or "sexual shame", sexual desires, LIBIDO and other confusing emotions. In short, JUNIORS struggle to forge their own PSYCHE.

The ancients also realized that YOUTH implies a condition of maximum VITAL VITALITY which prompted Romans to note -

The ancients advised JUNIORS and JUVENILES to mind JOVE, their parents, family and state. Since those times, helping juniors with impulse control and to TEMPER their JOVIAL JOVIALITIES to prevent INTEMPERANCE has been the core curriculum of all civilized societies.

Ignoring parental advise and poor impulse control can be lethal.

True love is an antidote to juvenile intemperance as illustrated by  CUPID and PSYCHE, a story of LOVE quenching LUST. Modern concepts underscore that one sign of a healthy mature psyche is the capacity to nurture another. EROS matured when he dared to visit hell to save his beloved PSYCHE.

Psyche, tender as a butterfly.